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Report Innovation and Entrepreneurship Eco-
System workshop at GJU
25 March 2014
Office for Industrial Links
at the German Jordanian University
iceamman: Innovation and Entrepreneurship center at GJU
Background The German Jordanian University (GJU) established with the focus on innovation
and applied sciences. After the success it has made since its establishment in
both the academic field and the linkage with the industry, GJU is planning to
establish a specialized innovation center to support its students, researchers and
the local community in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship to strengthen
the linkages between the university and the private sector. This will help not only
in creating jobs for graduates and the local community; it will also increase the
chances of commercializing university research results.
The center is currently in the planning phase and building partnerships with
different organizations to deliver support and services to the innovators.
Focus:
Mission: “Jobs creation through responsible innovations”.
Initial targets: GJU students, professors, alumni and local community.
Model: icehubs network in general (http://icehubs.wordpress.com/)
ICE: stands for Innovation, Collaboration and Entrepreneurship.
Sectors: CleanTechnologies (Renewable Energy, Water, and
Environment), Life sciences (Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, etc.) and
intersections of these fields with IT, Logistics, Management and
Engineering.
Main units: Innovation incubation, Proof of Concept/product design and
Technology/knowledge Transfer.
Location: GJU Madaba campus at the Industrial Links department
Suggested activities
As the center is in the planning phase it has foreseen the need for the following
activities to support the target group:
Training and general awareness on innovation and entrepreneurship
o Entrepreneurship and innovation to students and young
entrepreneurs
o Professors and researchers training on entrepreneurship and
research commercialization
o Specialized courses on entrepreneurship and product design for
target focus fields (CleanTech & Life Sciences)
o Leadership, business and life skills
Consultation services to entrepreneurs and innovators
o Innovation assessment
o Business modeling
o Marketing and business development
o Strategic partnerships
o Intellectual Property rights services and licensing
o Access to financing
o Business establishment and growth
o Coaching and Mentoring
Technical development (Proof of Concept)/Product Design
o Access to university facilities and resources
o Test platform for new products
Linkages between industry and university (locally and internationally)
The center will be linked to the career center of the university. This center will
help the students/graduates to gain the understanding of the different paths and
provide them with the tools to select and proceed with their best fit career path.
As university graduates have in general three different career paths:
Employment in the private or public sector
Pursue academic career and research
Start their own business
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For more information kindly contact:
Britta Kähler
Director, Office for Industrial Links
German Jordanian University
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Eco-System Workshop at GJU
Workshop objectives
Discuss opportunities and best practices of innovation centers services and
sustainability
Engage the stakeholders to participate and contribute to the innovation eco-
system of Jordan
Workshop Agenda
9:30-10:30 Building C, Auditorium
Part 1 Official Opening Welcome speech and opening by the President of the German Jordanian University (GJU): Dr. Natheer Abu Obeid
Introduction of GJU’s Office for Industrial Links: Ms. Britta Kähler
Migration for Development Programme: Ms. Esmat Khattab (CIM)
Introduction to ice-hubs: Mr. Tiemo Ehmke, (iceBauhaus Board Member)
GJU Entrepreneur’s Success Story: Manal Abushmies and Ayah Shaban (Namlyeh)
GJU Entrepreneur: Zeina Alkhalidi, founder of Zaina’s delights
Bridging the Gap: Linking Job Creation, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Business Growth: Mr. Nader Nemeh (Migrate)
iceAmman Innovation Center Project: Eng. Jamil Alkhatib
10:30 – 11:00 University Campus Tour Short tour around the campus and coffee break
11:00-13:00 Building F,
Activity Hall
Part 2 Activities and open discussion Innovation Eco-System analysis (current and future views)
iceAmman services and support activities recommendations by the participants
Workshop Expectations The workshop aims at engaging the participants in discussing and exploring innovation and
entrepreneurship Activities, Culture, Infrastructure, Frameworks and Stakeholders in Jordan.
As result of the discussions the participants will share recommendations showing where the
GJU/iceAmman center should play a role in the development of the innovation and
entrepreneurship eco-system in Jordan through collaboration with different stakeholder.
Workshop Results
Innovation and Entrepreneurship eco-system discussion results This report highlights the main points and suggestions of the workshop participants that took
place on the 25th of March 2014.
The workshop objectives were:
Share ideas & experiences about innovation and entrepreneurship eco-system
Develop recommendations to implement a sustainable center
Build collaborations with the different actors in the innovation and entrepreneurship
eco-system
Methodology The participants in the workshop were divided into groups (including one group for students)
and discussed certain topics of the Rain forest innovation eco-System canvas to identify
opportunities for collaboration and development of the eco-system.
After that the groups focused on providing suggestions and alternatives to GJU to establish its
innovation and entrepreneurship center. The six thinking hats approach was used in this
discussion.
The questions and the discussion guidelines are available at
http://www.slideshare.net/jamilkhatib/innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ecosystem-discussion
http://www.slideshare.net/jamilkhatib/innovation-entreprnuership-center
Suggested stakeholders The participants suggested the following organizations as the main stakeholders in the Jordanian
innovation and entrepreneurship eco-system
Incubators - Oasis 500 - Ipark - AlQuds College incubator - AlUrdenia Lil Ibdaa
- Injaz
Capital Providers - Jedco SME growth - Oasis 500 - King Abdullah II Fund (KAFD) - Queen Rania Centre - MENA Apps
Mentorship: - Mowgli - Vital Voices - Cherie Blair Foundation - Oasis 500 - Endeavor
- Amman Hacker Space
- Tamweelcom - Oasis 500 - Bedaya - Fadi Ghandour - EBRD - Zain - Banks (Arabi, Cairo, Capital, Ahli) - Mena II project/USAID - ASRF: Applied Scientific Research Fund - Scientific Support Research Fund (SRSF) - Maher Qaddoura (ميدان) - MenaIP
Accelerators: - MENA Apps - Endeavor - Accelerator Technology Holding - N2V
Government - RSS: Royal Scientific
Society - JEA: Jordan Engineers
Association - Universities - MOPIC: Ministry of
planning - Higher council for Science
and Technology - Ministry of industry and
trade - Ministry of
education/higher education
Support Organization - Swaaid - IPCO - Microsoft Innovation Centre - KADDB
Types of entrepreneurs 1 By nature 2 By need 3 By discovery/experience
Service providers - BDC - JCI/ACI (Jordan/Amman
chamber of industry) - GIZ - iPark - Oasis 500 - Migrate - KAFD - Scopi - Beyond Excellence - Naratech
Business Clusters & Corporations - Zain (Mukadra) - Umniah (Plug & Play) - Intaj - Migrate
No. Stakeholders Fund Knowledge Mentor Innovation Training Incubating
1 GJU
2 YEA
3 KAFD
4 BDC
5 Oasis 500
6 INJAZ
7 IYF
8 Silatech
9 MenaAPPS
10 MFI’s
11 Aramex
12 Mowgli
13 Alquds College
14 TAG
15 Al-Jude
16 Migrate
17 Ahli Bank
18 Endeavor
19 Universities
Role Models in Jordan The followings were the main suggested Role Models in Jordan
رندة االيوبي- Creative
- Business Oriented
أمجد العريان- Business Development Skills - Devoted to community - creative
سميح طوقان- Innovator - Entrepreneur By Nature - Business Oriented
MarkaVIP أحمد الخطيب Good Idea
Innovator Tech Oriented
عبد المالك الجابر- Risk taker - Intellectual - Philanthropist
فادي غندور- Entrepreneurial - Opportunity Seeker & Creator - Thinks outside Box
Noratech (Company) شركة استشارات صيدالنية
Success factors - Market gap (failed system of storage transportation, handling of vaccines) new idea - First Company in the region that provides system & tools - Link
Science & Practice
- Experience - Passion - untraditional way of thinking - customized Product to the region - Education
iPark (Incubator) - Innovators were incubated & helped - Non-for-profit - good governance - location/campus - Networks + connections - International networks - Expansion - 1 to 1 experts & membership
Engagement activities between different stakeholders The following are some suggested activities to engage different actors in the field
Engagement through Global Partners EU Delegation GIZ USAID World Bank WB
Activities - Seminars - Workshops - Networking events
structures - Agreements - Joint Ventures - Cooperation-Ventures - Association
Needed infrastructure The following are some suggested infrastructures needed to support the
innovation/entrepreneurship eco-system
Connections - online (virtual) - online (LinkedIn) - physical places for networking - Academia – Industrial connections
Centers - Physical R & D centers - Academia – Industrial
Centers - Technology Centers - Commercialization centers - Eco-System/Culture - Innovation labs
Education system - Education Systems need to change
Regulations - University regulations (IP and innovation) - Patents understanding and laws enforcement
Needed resources The participants suggested the following resources
Entrepreneurship skills building in early stages Access to Finance
Proposed Activities The participants suggested the following activities to support innovation and entrepreneurship
Strategy Development of National Strategy for SMEs and entrepreneurs Support
Collaboration - Bringing organizations
together - Build collaboration
activities between different organizations
Injaz - Mowgli – KAFD - Development of National portal for entrepreneurship support by KAFD to exchange experiences and resources
Support promotion: Promote different actors in the innovation and entrepreneurship eco-system
Education Teaching entrepreneurship at schools
Inspiration activities Financing facilitation
Frameworks The followings were the highlighted points related to the innovation framework
Commercialization Support Investment and Access to Finance
Specialized Commercialization focus
The Business Model Canvas The following model for the center was suggested by the students
Key Partners - GJU Partners - Funders - Entrepreneurs
Key Activities - Trainings - Workshops - Information platform - Seminars - support students who are interested in part-time jobs (+ internships)
Value Propositions - contact to foreign countries/companies - Mentoring (direct/face to face) - Financing - Support in Planning/Services - Training / Consulting - job opportunities - internship opportunities - Support (practical) - direct/easy/less bureaucratic information - Networking
Customer Relationships - Feedback - Evaluation - Website visits
Customer Segments - Support disabled people to become entrepreneurs - companies - organizations - students - alumnus - professors
Key Resources - Financial Resources - Human Resources
Channels - Workshops - Seminars - Trainings - Contact to other Start-up entrepreneurs
Cost Structure - marketing costs - projects that we fund - salaries of employees - workshops
Revenue Streams - Funding - Sponsoring - kind of “interest rate” of projects - contributions
Evaluation Workshop 25 March 2014
Return of evaluation forms
44 persons participated in the discussion groups after the official opening. 28 evaluation forms
with marks regarding “Logistics” and “Workshop Content” were returned. In 19 of these 28
sheets at least one of the questions was answered. 16 participants didn’t return evaluation
forms but it must be taken in account that at least five participants had to leave the discussion
before the sheets were distributed.
Organisations
Type Participants
1 Private sector 7
2 Industry association 2
3 GJU/Universities/Research centers 2
4 Innovation/Entrepreneurship support centers 1
5 Donor or International Organisation 4
6 Investment company/Investor 0
7 Student 3
8 Other 8
One person chose the three categories private sector, Research centers,
Innovation/Entrepreneurship support centers. Maybe he should be added in category 3 or 4.
Male/female
16 chose female, 10 male and two persons did not specify.
Marks
The range of marks was form 1 (unsatisfactory) till 5 (excellent). The x-axis shows the marks and
the y-axis the number of people that chose this mark.
Logistics
Average: 4,04
Average: 4,04
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Workshop Organization
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Workshop Facilities
Average: 3,89
Average: 3,96
Workshop Content
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Strucutre of workshop agenda
Average: 3,70
Average: 4,04
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Workshop facilitation
Average: 4,11
Average: 3,61
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Added value to me about the field
Average: 4,08
Average: 3,93
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Networking opportunity
Average: 4,04
Average marks
Average Median
Workshop organization 4,04 4
Workshop facilities 4,04 4
Time management of sessions 3,89 4
Structure of workshop agenda 3,96 4
Clarity of the workshop objective 3,70 4
Workshop facilitation 4,04 4
Workshop activities 4,11 4
Added value to me about the field 3,61 4
Relevance of workshop to your work 4,07 4
Networking opportunity 3,93 4
Overall satisfaction with workshop 4,04 4
The median is 4 in all the eleven cases above.
The range of the marks is from 3,96 up to 4,04 in the part logistics and from 3,61 up to 4,11 in the part content.
In the part logistics there are no big differences in the evaluation. The organization and facilities of the workshop are a bit more highly valued than the time management and structure of the workshop agenda.
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Overall satisfaction with workshop
In the part content the differences are bigger. The “workshop activities” on the one side were most valued, on the other side the “clarity of the workshop objective” and the “added value for the participants” got the lowest marks.
Figure: Average mark given from each participant sorted from the lowest to the highest.
The average of all given marks by all participants is 3,95.
Will you join similar workshops in the future?
18 answered “yes”, nobody “no”, three “maybe” and seven did not gave an answer. (Maybe it
was not clear that there were questions on the back side.)
A majority among those who returned the sheet would also participate in following workshops
or at least consider to come again.
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sorted average marks of participants
What was the most valuable aspect of the workshop?
From 18 answers to this question, the word networking is mentioned nine times. It is by far the
most mentioned answer to this question. Additionally meeting or knowing new people were
also mentioned just as sharing ideas. Some appreciated the chance to brainstorm or the new
ideas they got. Also the information about the business model canvas, success stories and
iceamman were named as valuable aspects. Also mentioned: the organization, open discussion
and collaboration.
There seems to be a big request for networking in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship
in Amman/Jordan. Maybe till now there are not so much possibilities for networking. This
should be considered for the follow up and later for the planned activities.
Answers from the evaluation forms:
Organization m/f
1 networking and catch up with the most recent activities regarding entrepreneurship
Private sector f
2 networking brainstorming
Private sector; Research centers; Innovation/Entrep.
m
3 networking + brainstorming Private sector m
4 networking success stories
Private sector f
5 organization Private sector f
6 - Industry association m
7 networking GJU/Universities/Research centers
f
8 networking Donor or International Organization
f
9 Ecosystem in Jordan Donor or International Organization
f
10 working groups networking
Donor or International Organization
f
11 meeting new people and their ideas sharing our ideas a place where our ideas are considered
Student m
12 networking getting to know iceamman
Student f
13 - get information about the project and projects as such - networking (helps a lot for future internships)→great - involvement→ students could participate
Student f
14 knowing about innovation and entrepreneur center in Other (NGO) m
the GJU
15 getting ideas on new sources of funding for entrepreneurs
Other m
16 group open discussion Other f
17 sharing information and knowing new stakeholders Other f
18 know about the business model canvas Other m
19 collaboration Other m
What could have been done to improve the workshop?
There are 15 answers to this question naming very different aspects. Some comments are related to the time. One would have preferred to start the workshop directly without the official opening, one asked for more time for the discussion and one thinks there was too much time because the people got exhausted. There is criticism of the sound and regarding to this the desire for more strictness with the attendance. Regarding the organization there were following comments: “prepare better”, “pre-scheduling and material in advance”, “more focused questions”, “less tasks”, “interactive session”, more information about participants and desire for online group. There is also the desire for more participation of students (also mentioned in the additional comments) and for a spread of awareness among the students. Regarding the time and attendance a smaller number of participants could be invited nest time. This would also give the chance to incorporate more interactive sessions. A permanent network with online groups and more material or information e. g. about the other participants (if share is wished) will be implemented in the future. The way of participation of the students was made up with intent and the participation of more students and the contact between students and stakeholders will be implemented in future activities. Answers from the evaluation forms:
Organization m/f
1 invite more stakeholders and spread the awareness among the students regarding incubators and other start-up supporters
private sector f
2 Name + age online group move exposure mexing strategies [sic]
Private sector; Research centers; Innovation/Entrep.
m
3 less time because people got exhausted =) Private Sector m
4 interactive session Private sector f
5 - Private sector f
6 pre-scheduling & material in advance Industry association m
7 - GJU/Universities/Research centers
f
8 prepare better Donor or International Organization
f
9 - Donor or International Organization
f
10 more time for the discussion Donor or International Organization
f
11 the workshop was fine Student m
12 Better promotion (especially there was less participation of students) Student f
13 less tasks → in order to be more creative in depth it would have been nice only to think of one special topic to brainstorm more efficiently
Student f
14 to start the workshop directly without long introductions Other (NGO) m
15 nothing Other m
16 - Other f
17 sharing information with each others new successful stories
Other f
18 equipment (sound) more strict with attendance
Other m
19 more focused questions Other m
Additional comments or suggestions:
11 persons made additional comments. In most comments there are thanks, praise and wishes with luck. One interesting comment warns that after many workshops like this no progress was made.
Answers from the evaluation forms:
Organization m/f
1 Thank you private sector f
2 - Private sector; Research centers; Innovation/Entrep.
m
3 Best at Luck!! Private Sector m
4 Thank you. Private sector f
5 I have been attending similar workshops since 2008, no progress has been achieved. Yet, I am very optimistic that GJU will be a “Role Model” for business entrepreneurs & Innovation :)
Private sector f
6 - Industry association m
7 - GJU/Universities/Research centers
f
8 good job Donor or International Organization
f
9 Good luck great jobs
Donor or International Organization
f
10 - Donor or International Organization
f
11 maybe more students should participate Student m
12 Great opportunity for networking! Thank you for the organization of this workshop.
Student f
13 - Overall presentations were good & helpful! - Introduction of other collaboration & organizations! → very interesting - Success stories, I found them necessary in order to spread entrepreneurial spirits!
Student f
14 Thank you Other (NGO) m
15 [?]* Other m
16 - Other f
17 - Other f
18 - Other m
19 - Other m
* handwriting unreadable